Market Thoughts Archive

Capital outflows evoke the times of Lehman Brothers bankruptcy
Posted on September 05, 2015
Recently, investors have been worrying about market turmoil and falling stock prices that's why foreign portfolio investment turned negative. In addition, a surge of capital outflows has risen on Black Monday the same amount as recorded for the autumn of 2008, during the week of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy.

Falling Oil Prices – The Winners and Losers
Posted on August 31, 2015
Oil prices have been falling to record lows for the last few months. This is even more striking, since in the last 6 years we got used to high prices for crude, sometimes over $100. Lately, prices are nearly reaching $40 per barrel, usually staying at around $45-50. Although many analysts believe that prices will not stay this low, there are already both winners and losers.

Bond bubble – The problem with virtual money
Posted on August 23, 2015
The financial crisis of 2008 might repeat itself, only now, the burst of the bond bubble will be the beginning of a breakdown. This is what Alan Greenspan, the legendary former Fed Chairman stated in an interview.

Apple, the moneymaker (There is no other company like Apple)
Posted on August 16, 2015
Apple has turned into a real success story since 2007 when the very first iPhone generation was released, thus the company merited the most valuable company title due to its $660bn market capitalisation.

Gold market is capitulating – but reversal is on the corner?
Posted on July 29, 2015
Over the past few weeks, the gold’s price fall has been accelerating and achieving fresh five year lows around 1080 dollar. Gold is down over 40% since making its respective high in 2011 above 1900.